Teespring
- The policy allows AI training; it does not describe an opt-out.
- Your data is used for personalized ads, including by third-party ad companies.
- Data is shared with partners and affiliates; you can opt out.
- The documents do not say who can read your content.
They may sell your data, train AI on your content, and run interest-based ads, with an 18+ self-declared age rule.
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- Uses your content for AI training with no opt-out
Collected
Account info, posts and live video, device IDs, IP location, browsing, purchases, and inferred profiles.
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Privacy policy
“Device information: device type, operating system, browser type and version, device identifiers, screen resolution, and language settings.”
Training
They run the service, personalize it, show interest-based ads, and may train AI on your content.
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“We may use your content to train AI models and provide AI based features and functionality to the platform.”
Sharing
Vendors, affiliates, hosts and other viewers, merchants, and they may sell or share data.
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“We may sell or share your Personal Information with third parties for monetary or other valuable consideration, as those terms are defined under applicable U.S. state privacy laws”
Kept
They keep data while you have an account plus extra time; chats can stay in stream recordings.
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“Account information: retained while your account is active, plus a reasonable period after deletion for backup, fraud prevention, and dispute resolution.”
Controls
You can update or delete your account, unsubscribe from marketing, and opt out of sale or sharing.
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“You can delete your account at any time through your account settings, or by contacting us at privacy@amaze.co.”
Fine print
You must be 18; they can change the policy with notice; storefront sellers must them.
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Privacy policy
“By using the Service, you hereby warrant and represent that you have read, understand and agree to this Privacy Policy and the, applicable Terms of Service and that you are over 18 years of age.”
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What you can turn off
The controls and opt-outs their own documents describe, and where they say to find them.
Opt out of sale or sharing of personal information
Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information at https://forms.gle/WJqpY71pS9bFC4uB6 or privacy@amaze.co
Delete your account
Account settings, or email privacy@amaze.co
Opt out of interest-based ads
The opt-out they describe after the third-party advertising paragraph in the privacy policy
Unsubscribe from marketing emails
Unsubscribe link in emails, account email preferences, or privacy@amaze.co
If a switch is not where they say, the deletion request above still applies.
Line by line
The lines that matter most, worst first.
What you post or stream can be used to train their AI. The policy does not give a switch to turn that off.
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“We may use your content to train AI models and provide AI based features and functionality to the platform.”
For example, a chat you type in a live shop stream could be used to teach their models.
They say they may sell or share your personal information. Some U.S. state residents can opt out.
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“We may sell or share your Personal Information with third parties for monetary or other valuable consideration, as those terms are defined under applicable U.S. state privacy laws”
For example, a California user can use their Do Not Sell or Share link so ads are less tied to their profile.
An outside ad company can track you on this site and other sites to show interest-based ads.
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“Our third party partner may use technologies such as cookies to gather information about your activities on this website and other sites in order to provide you advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests.”
For example, watching a hoodie stream could lead to hoodie ads on another website.
They may give your content to others so AI models can be trained.
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“We may share your content to train AI models and provide AI-based features and functionality to the Services.”
For example, a product design you upload could be shared into an AI training set.
If you use the storefront as a seller, you may have to cover their legal costs when someone sues over your store.
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Terms of service
“To the fullest extent permitted by law, you will defend and Teespring and its officers, directors, employees, consultants, affiliates, subsidiaries and agents from and against every claim brought by a third party”
For example, if a visitor sues over a shirt design on your storefront, you may have to pay Teespring’s lawyers.
Deleting your account does not wipe everything, especially if you appeared in a recorded stream.
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“After deletion, we may retain certain information as required by law, for (such as fraud prevention), or where information has been incorporated into recordings or other users’ content.”
For example, your display name in a saved live replay can stay even after you delete the account.
They build inferred profiles about preferences and behavior. The policy does not describe a memory on/off switch.
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“Inferences drawn from other personal information. Profile reflecting a person's preferences, behavior, attitudes; and social media account information. YES”
For example, they may infer you like certain merch from streams you watch and keep that profile.
Live video and audio from hosts is collected and can be recorded and reused.
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“Content posted by hosts during streams using Amaze Live (including video and audio) is also covered.”
For example, a host’s face and voice in a shopping stream can be saved in a replay.
Big privacy changes should get an email first, but using the service after that still means you accept them.
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“If we make material changes, we will notify you by email at the address associated with your account before the changes take effect, or by another reasonable means.”
For example, if they add a new sharing practice, they say they will email you before it starts.
You must be 18. They rely on you saying you are old enough, then close accounts if they find a minor.
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“The Service is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18.”
For example, a 16-year-old who signs up anyway should have the account closed if they find out.
Words to know
Legal words from the lines above, in plain English.
- device identifiers
- Codes that single out your phone or computer, used to recognise you across apps and sites. For example, the advertising ID on your phone lets two unrelated apps know they are seeing the same person.
- model training
- Using your content and conversations as examples to teach an AI system, which can then echo them in future answers. For example, a story you write in a chatbot may be studied by the company to make the next version of the bot.
- sell or share
- Under California law, selling means passing your data to others for money or other value; sharing means passing it on for targeted ads. For example, letting an ad network use your browsing history in return for ad space counts as a sale.
- personal data
- Any information that is about you or can be linked to you, from your name to your phone's ID. For example, your email, your IP address and the list of apps on your phone are all personal data.
- third parties
- Any company or person other than you and the app, such as advertisers, partners or analytics firms. For example, an analytics company that receives a record of every screen you tap is a third party.
- cookies
- Small files a website saves on your device so it can recognise you and remember what you did. For example, a cookie keeps you logged in and can also tell an ad company which sites you visited.
- indemnify
- You promise to pay the company's legal costs and losses if your use of the service gets it sued. For example, if you post a song you do not own and the label sues the app, you owe the app's lawyer bills.
- affiliates
- Other companies owned by or connected to the same parent company. For example, if you use one app, its sister apps under the same owner may also get your data.
- retention
- How long a company keeps your data before deleting it. For example, a policy might keep your messages for 30 days after you delete them, or for as long as it likes.
- legitimate interest
- A legal reason that lets a company use your data without asking, when it decides its own need outweighs your privacy. For example, an app may analyse how you use it to improve the product, without ever asking you.
- profiling
- Building a picture of who you are, what you like and what you might do next from your data. For example, an app may guess your income, health or politics from what you watch and tap.
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What does the app collect beyond what it needs to work?
They collect account and content data plus device IDs, IP location, usage, browsing and search history, commercial records, employment-related data, and inferences.
Does it record your voice, face or body, and what happens to that?
Host streams include video and audio that can be recorded, replayed, and kept with the stream rather than deleted after the session.
Are your chats and uploads used to train AI models, and is that off by default?
They say they may use and share your content to train AI models and do not describe a way to opt out of that.
Can employees or contractors read your conversations, and when?
Not stated in the documents.
Are you profiled or tracked for advertising?
A third-party ad partner may use cookies to track you on this site and other sites for interest-based ads, with an opt-out link.
Do they sell or share your data, and can you opt out?
They say they may sell or share personal information and tell U.S. state residents they can opt out.
What rights do they take over what you type and what the AI makes?
Storefront sellers grant a worldwide, sublicensable license so Teespring can provide, improve, and promote the storefront, not a fully perpetual grab of all user chats.
How long do they keep your data after you delete it, and can you delete it in the app?
You can delete an account in settings, but they may keep data for law, fraud, backups, and anything already in recordings, with no set wipe deadline.
Does it build a lasting memory or profile of you, and can you see, edit or turn it off?
They collect inferences that form a profile of preferences and behavior, without describing view, edit, or off controls for that profile.
Do they commit to basic security, and have they leaked data?
They describe commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards, and say no system is perfectly secure.
Is there a real age gate, and are teens protected?
You must be over 18. They do not describe age-ID checks beyond collecting date of birth and closing accounts if they learn someone is under 18.
Will they tell you when the rules change, and is the policy specific?
The privacy policy is dated and says they will email you before material changes; continued use after the effective date is still treated as acceptance.
Can they close your account without warning, and can you get your data out first?
Storefront agreements can end with five days’ notice, or immediately if you break the rules. No data-export step is described.
If something goes wrong, who pays?
Storefront sellers must defend and indemnify Teespring for claims tied to their store, content, or disputes with visitors.
Do subscriptions renew on their own, and can you get a refund?
Not stated in the documents.
The privacy policy is 6,980 words at a professional or legal expert level (Flesch reading ease 29); the terms are 1,776 words at a college graduate level.
